Orji Kalu Seeks Post-Conviction Bail

Erstwhile Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor-Kalu,has prayed a Federal High Court in Lagos to grant him bail from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre on ground of serious health challenge.

Kalu, who has since been taken to the prison after conviction, said in an application on Tuesday that he is battling serious health challenges that the medical facilities in the prison cannot handle.

Justice Mohammed Idris had convicted Kalu and sentenced him to a concurrent jail term of 12 years for N7.2 billion fraud.

He said that since the offences he was convicted of were bailable offences, the court should free him while he challenges his conviction by Justice Mohammed Idris at the Court of Appeal.

He also stressed that as the Chief Whip of the Senate and the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District the interest of his constituents would be in jeopardy if he was kept behind bars.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted Kalu together with a former Commissioner for Finance in Abia, Jones Udeogo, and Kalu’s company, Slok Nig. Ltd.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission opposed the post-conviction bail application.

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